--- title: The full name of the place is Te Rapaki-a-Te Rangi-whakaputa which m… — Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury,… · tree and pragmatics description: The full name of the place is Te Rapaki-a-Te Rangi-whakaputa which means “the waist-mat of Te Rangi-whakaputa,” and to it, obviously, there hangs a story, which when told leads on to the tradition of the conquest of this district from the Ngati-Mamoe a little over two centuries ago. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (full name, Te whakaputa), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg73766:12:21 # text = The full name of the place is Te Rapaki-a-Te Rangi-whakaputa which means “the waist-mat of Te Rangi-whakaputa,” and to it, obviously, there hangs a story, which when told leads on to the tradition of the conquest of this district from the Ngati-Mamoe a little over two centuries ago. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 9 Rapaki Rapaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 14 Rangi Rangi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 whakaputa whakaputa NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 mat mat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Te Te PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 Rangi Rangi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 whakaputa whakaputa NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 35 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 44 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 csubj:pass _ _ 45 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 Ngati Ngati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 Mamoe Mamoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 obl:unmarked _ _ 63 over over ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 nummod _ _ 65 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 66 ago ago ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the full name of the place | Te | | | | a Te whakaputa *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | a Te whakaputa | | | | | the waist mat of Te *ccomp*; name *conj* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hang** | present | | a story | | there | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lead** | present | | a story | | the tradition of the conquest of this district from the Ngati Mamoe | century | ago *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme on tradition=Destination | | 6 | **name** | | | the place | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Project Gutenberg book 73766 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/22/) - ↑ back to [Rapaki: a Village By the Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73766/12/)